I don't trust any of it, but it will be interesting to see how it develops (Updated)
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AI-powered Grokipedia goes live as Elon Musk takes on ‘Wokipedia’
Update:
So I picked a subject at random, off the top of my head: “InstaPundit” and compared results. Winner, by far, was Grokipedia. A full treatment that I, at least, saw as objective. Wikipedia’s treatment was brief and shallow. I’ll try it, and Google’s own AI search engine on more controversial subjects like global warming. I’ve already written about Google’s one-sided results that dismiss all and any critics of the doom theory (which Bill Gates just renounced yesterday, but that’s for another post); we’ll see, later, how the three compare when placed side-to-side.
(Another) Update
John Hinderaker reviews it, and his sentiments are about like mine:
Grokipedia
Wikipedia has long been a liberal bastion. It is useful for basic facts–in what year did Charles V die?–but on any politically controversial topic, its editors skew content to the left, and sometimes propagate outright misinformation.
Now Wikipedia has a competitor, Grokipedia. Grokipedia is a Grok product, and therefore part of the Elon Musk empire. I believe it is still in a beta version, but some are saying that it is already better than Wikipedia, and less biased. It would be great if it could put Wikipedia out of business.
My wife pointed out that there is a remarkably long article about Power Line on Grokipedia. From a quick look, it appears to be both relatively thorough and accurate.
So I plan to start using Grokipedia. It could develop into a really useful AI application.